1. QW: What is a memoir?

2. An account of the personal experiences of an author. A memoir is about the personal knowledge and/or experiences of the author. A memory. In contrast, an autobiography covers the author’s entire life to the present. A biography is someone’s life story written by another person.

3. QW: What kind of experience does a memoir focus on? Write 5 of your own:

4. Directions: Answer the following questions before you read. 1.Look at the symbol on the left. What do you predict this chapter might be about? _______________________________________________________________________________ 2.Explain why. Use complete sentences. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Look at the ending of this chapter. What do the closing sentences “Thank you for not losing faith” and “Thank you for being so brave tonight” reveal about Zippy and her parents? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: ______________________ Period: __ After reading, answer the following question.

5. Narrative: Write a narrative piece about a personal experience sharing a holiday story. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Directions: Answer the following questions. 1.Look at the symbol on the left. What do you predict this chapter might be about? _______________________________________________________________________________ 2.Explain why. Use complete sentences. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What purpose do you think the author had in writing this chapter? Explain why and use evidence from the text with citations to support your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: ______________________ Period: __ After reading, answer the following question.

7. Narrative: Write a narrative piece about a personal experience of a time when you or someone you know was sick. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Directions: Answer the following questions. 1.Look at the symbol on the left. What do you predict this chapter might be about? _______________________________________________________________________________ 2.Explain why. Use complete sentences. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 3. Do you think that Dan should have gotten in trouble for slapping Melinda? Why or why not? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you think that the author believes that Dan should have gotten in trouble for slapping Melinda? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: ______________________ Period: __ After reading, answer the following questions.

9. Narrative: Write a narrative piece about a personal experience about a time you had a conflict with a sibling or friend. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Directions: Now that you have read all three chapter selections from the memoir, reflect on what you have read. With your group, brainstorm the similarities and differences between all three narratives and record them in the Venn Diagram below. Use citations to give credit to your source! Name: ______________________ Period: __